I had been visualizing the baby’s birth to take place on Thursday. I had all the details planned out. She was going to be born on September 23rd, because it was both a full moon and the autumnal equinox. I mean, that’s just so cool. I wanted labor to start around 11 a.m. so that I’d already have Dot fed. I’d call Virginia to come get Dot, have ( Read more... )

So,  I asked you all what you would like me to write about here in my lj, and the biggest request so far was for our birth story.  It's really long, but please keep in mind the fact that the labor lasted for 38 hours.  I don't know if lj has a limit on how long a post can be, but I think I may have exceeded it.  We'll see.  If it doesn't fit, I'll ( Read more... )

 Yes, I am geeky enough to post while in labor.  It's been about four hours, and the contractions seem to be coming anywhere from two to six minutes apart . . . I'll say closer to five most of the time.  I didn't even get to sleep tonight, so I'm pretty freaking tired.  I've been letting Rob sleep for now; Mom's up with me.  I told Rob I thought we ( Read more... )

I have to make this  quick because I have approximately one zillion things going on right now, but here is a long-overdue update on the belly.  These were taken on Christmas Eve.  We're now about two weeks from our estimated due date.  (Seriously, I've been pregnant forever, right?)


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Here is the belleh at about 12 weeks:


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